3 meals in Penang
This is backdated post, when I went to Penang with Saucer and spent a weekend there. We met with our good friend Wailian, who offered us a place to stay and transportation to the makan places! 
Meal #1
The first night we were there, he brought us to Khun Tai, a famous restaurant which is no stranger to the locals up north.
Khun Tai Restaurant
Getting there was a bit tricky because it required crossing the Penang bridge over to the mainland. And anywhere past that bridge, I am a total noob. *LOL* Anyway, we reached there in about 30 minutes, I suppose, and were greeted with al-fresco dining concept with lots of bright lights and wooden tables and chairs inside mini booths! So very cute.
Picture taken from our booth
For drinks, we ordered the refreshing sugar cane juice, which we couldn’t get enough of! It was sweet (naturally) and refreshing.
Sugar cane juice
The belacan fried rice was fiery! I said that because there were bits of cili padi (bird’s eye chilli) hidden within the rice. Of course, you’re supposed to mix everything up including the chicken slices, cucumber, mango and egg with the rice. So the chilli will just be hidden within the rice, and if you’re lucky, you’ll get a bite of how fiery the rice is, like Wailian. *LOL* Just make sure you have your drinks nearby.
Belacan fried rice (RM8)
The steamed lala and squid was the best dish of the night! The gravy was sour and spicy without overpowering your senses. The mixture of flavour was just right, with enough kick! It’s definitely a love-hate relationship with the gravy, you love it because it’s so good, but you hate it because it’s too spicy. Ah, but we still couldn’t get enough of it! Oh, I must also mention that the squid and lala here were top-notch! Very fresh and succulent. Thumbs-up!
Steamed lala and squid (RM32)
Look at Saucer perspiring like there’s no tomorrow. *LOL* But he still continued drinking the gravy. 
Sweating Saucer
For something lighter, we had the fried kangkung, which was a little oily as expected. They were crispy and crunchy, perfect as snacks.
Fried kangkung (RM6)
How could we forget pandan chicken in a Thai restaurant? These were not too bad, though I’ve tasted better ones. I thought the chicken inside was not as crispy as I would have liked it to be. But taste wise was above average.
Pandan chicken
Khun Tai Restaurant
104, Permatang Tengah,
13000 Butterworth,
Penang.
Tel.: 04-3327523
Opening hours: 11am – 12 midnight
Meal #2
So that marked our dinner on the first night. The second day, we had to wake up (pitifully) as early as 7am! *horrified*All in the name of Super Hokkien Mee, literally. Wailian brought us to this place near Swatow lane, to eat this Hokkien Mee which is very famous and is sold out by 8.30am on weekends. Fine, for good food, I’d sacrifice my beauty sleep. *LOL*
Hokkien Mee
Fortunately, the sacrifice was worthwhile. We managed to get our bowls of hokkien mee before they’re sold out and those noodles turned out to be delicious! The soup was thick and frothy with a strong aroma of prawn. And there were pieces of real prawns inside, as opposed to dried shrimps that some restaurants pass off as prawns. I was happy with this find, and would have dragged myself out of bed for this anytime.
Delicious hokkien mee
See, when I said it’s Super Hokkien mee, it really IS super! *LOL*
Super Hokkien Mee stall
Look out for the stall at One Corner Cafe. But do go early to avoid disappointment!
One Corner Cafe, Penang
One Corner Cafe (behind Penang Plaza)
Jalan Bawasah,
Penang.
Meal #3
For lunch, we proceeded to the relatively new (at that time) joint called I Mum Mum pan mee restaurant in Georgetown. This place is located on your left, if you’re coming from Georgetown, heading toward the coastal highway (to bridge). Located at the ground floor of some residential flats, the location might not be a strong selling point for this restaurant.
I ordered my favourite chilli/spicy pan mee, which is a dried version of pan mee with chilli flakes, minced meat and a half-boiled egg on top. To savour this, you’re supposed to mix everything up and eat it! After mixing, I found my noodles to be a tad too soggy, due to the egg yolk, perhaps? Or maybe they shouldn’t have cooked my noodles too well so that it won’t be soggy after mixing up? Anyway, that aside, the taste was pretty good. Minced meat was well-marinated, and the chili was not too strong or mild.
Spicy pan mee
Saucer had the dried pan mee, which he thought was not bad, above average. To him, Cha Cha Pan Mee is still the best. We told Wailian that he should come to KL to try Cha Cha pan mee first before declaring that I Mum Mum is the best. *LOL*
Pan Mee Dry
Here is the price list for reference.
Menu
Thanks again to Wailian for taking the trouble to bring us around and waking us up at the ungodly hours. *LOL* I’ll definitely return to Penang again for another round of good food!
I Mum Mum Pan Mee Restaurant
294 PDC Flats, Pengkalan Weld,
10300 Georgetown, Penang.
Business Hours: 7am – 3.30pm
(Closed on Monday of every second week)
Tel: 012-5181827
Popularity: 29%
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Yea. Looking at the sweet and sour lala, makingme drool. I’ve wanted to try out Khuntai but sometimes just lazy to drive across the bridge.
And you are managed to sacrifice your beauty sleep for the Super Hokkien mee, which I always fail to do so
Btw, how long you waited for your bowl of Super Hokkien Mee?
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Yea!!! Had to wake up SO early even though I slept late! But that also after many alarms and people calling. LOL
I think the wait was about 20 minutes, not that bad ler…
Haven’t been to Penang for a number of years. Maybe will go there this coming CNY…
Oh wow.. going during CNY eh.. Hmm.. good luck with the jam and crowd! LOL
yummmmy! LOL @ saucer. hahaha
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Haha I know!
I want to try the spicy pan mee, the egg looks delicious with it:)
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Yes go ahead! It’s really good
Meal#1 – I love natural sugar cane drink! No added sugar, all natural!
The belacan fried rice sure looks delicious! I want!
Steamed lala and squid! Ooh, yummy! I prefer if it’s not too spicy but sour is good! And I’ll skip the squid cos i don’t fancy squids! HAHA
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Yea I love sugar cane too! The steamed lala and squid gravy was pretty similar to the gravy we had with the steamed fish at Bangkok Wasabe!
Meal #2 – The hokkien mee sure looks delicious! Only in soup? No dry version?
Wow! Don’t mind sacrifice sleep to eat good food! I even sacrifice sleep to watch birds, what more eat good food lah, haha!!
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Not sure if there’s dry version…
Haha next time I call you at 6am to go for good food ok!
Meal#3- Why all the pan mee use double name like mum mum and cha cha? Next time I name mine foong foong pan mee. LOL!
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Hahaha I know! I don’t understand too.. OK I’ll make sure to visit Foong Foong pan mee in the future!
i wan ur first meal! the steam lala and squid is looking fresh n great. hehe, gotta plan a trip to penang lu
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Hehe yea, Khun Tai is apparently one of the best Thai restaurants in Penang. Do not miss it!
#1 – hmmm, i find it a bit not matching for the squid and clams (especially still with the shell on) together.. don’t know why..
#2 – aiyoh, the hokkien mee (aka prawn noodles) looks very yummy leh.. i’m drooling thinking about that tastebud stimulating soup..
#3 – oh, i once tried the spicy pan mee, i cannot take the spiciness and have explosive diarrhoea afterwards.. :p
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#1 Haha but the combination tasted good! Really!!!
#2 YES it’s worth waking up early for!
#3 Oh dear! Then you should try to reduce the amount of chilly in it next time!
Meal #1 Love A-Z yummy, got a feeling the lala must be very nice.
Meal #2 Hokkien Mee just OK with me but my fave is still Curry Mee *lol*
Meal #3 Pan mee! think KL should be better haha.
Wah lau eh the prices are slowly catching up with KL nowadays. Thanks so much for showing the addresses and phone contact as well so witchy nice of you. TQ
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Haha I agree with you on point #3… I think KL has more variety and better quality than Penang in terms of pan mee still
i mum mum pan mee’s my fav pan mee in pg! one of the best
and i havent even been to Khuntai yet! must really convince my family to make a trip there one of these weekends.
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Yea lor, must go to Khun Tai one day.. before it becomes too commercialized and raises its prices! LOL
it’s spice overload! but i love those dishes, cooked in not a spicy way though =)
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Yes dear.. really spicy and sweaty!
Penang food run! I wanna do the same .. okay okay .. maybe next week.
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Haha so did you do it in the end???
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